The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-29

along the railroad track He has no travelling
companion; the guarantee for the faithful per-
formance of his undertaking lies in sacred
oath taken by him before starting which binds
him to use no conveyance of any kind.
THE prize offered by the French government
of $4,000 for the most valuable discovery relat-
ing to the utilization of electricity is to be
awarded next December. It is for any use or
application of electricity. namely as a source
of heat, of light or of chemical action, as
means of transmission of chemical power, or of
verba! communication in any form, or, finally,
curative agent.
THE Hawaiian army" consists of one sgener-
alissimo." five colonies, five majors, adju-
tant-general, one quartermaster-g general, one in
telgence officer. engineer. one aid-de-
camp one adjutant, one captain, two lieuten-
ants. eight sergeants sixteen corporals,
band master, twentyfour bandsmen and sixty
privates. It is supposed to have been modelled
after the United States army peace footing.
HENRY j. AYERS. of Naugatuck. Conn, is the
possessor OF protecting certificate" a full
discharge from the British army. This
ceved in reply to his application to Queen Vic
toria for Jubilee discharge" as it IS called,
Mr.. Ayres having deserted from the English
army in time of peace and emigrated to this
country. His application was forwarded none
too soon, the period during which Jubilee
discharges" will oe granted is nearly at al end.
THERE is no more venturesome swimmer at
Long Branch, writes Philadelphia newspaper
man, .than Maggie Mitchell. Every afternoon
at 5 o'clock she comes the cliff from the
Holly wood cottage with her daughter Fanchon
q timid young girl. who has the freshness of the
sea in her face and its light in her eyes. She
wears a bathing suit of jet-black jersey cloth.
with tiny buckles at her knees, and black tur-
ban knotted over her temples after the style OF
the Rubens Madonnas."
THE fifteen great American inventions Of
world wide adoption l, the cotton-gin; 2,
the panting-machine; 3. the grass mower and
reaper: T. the rotary printing-press; 5, navga-
ton by steam; g. the hot air en- CINE; Z, the
ing machine; s, the indla-rubber industry; 3,
the machine manufacture of horseshoes; 10. the
sand blast for carving; II, the gauge lathe; II.
the grain elevator; Ii, artificial ice-maklng on
large scale; A. the electric magnet and its prac-
teal application; and. 10, the telephone.
In his last letter from London to the Balti
timore Sun, Mr.. F. A. Richardson says that the
gentleman usher of the Black Rod, who l should
presume is the sergeant-at-arms of the Lords is
pretty big bug. socially and otherwise. He is
knight OF the Garter and a retired admiral
He has and official residence and f200 per
mum. but the subordinates under him, who are
the same the messengers under the sergeant
of the United States Senate, and of
whom there only eighteen altogether, receive
only ESQ to f170 per anuum, or in some in
stances not half that paid the Senate mes
sengers.
The New York Journal of Commerce explains
the origin and significance of quaint phrase;
ga lady has found in work she was reading the
Injunction Never touch your eye but with your
elbow and she is quite at loss to understand
its meaning. Her remark that she and num-
Der of her friends tried the experiment. but the
most supple of them could not hit the eye with
the elbow, gives the key to its meaning. 1t is
very old proverb and means never rub your
eye with anything. Nothing is more injurious
to the vision than rubbing the eye, and If it is
touched with nothing but the elbow it will never
be touched.
THE late Agostino Depretis Prime Minister of
Italy, was a man Of amiable temperament. as
this story will show. He used to snore loudly.
Once when at Casale he lodged at the Rosa
Rosa, a second rate inn. An ex-official, who
at Casale for the purpose of applying for
employment, had a room next to that occupied
by the Minister. Being disturbed during the
night by the loud snoring of his neighbor. he
first threw his boots at the wall, and then pro-
ceeded to complain in rather insolent terms,
loud enough to penetrate into the next room.
Signor Depretis apologiZ ed, and in order to be
longer a disturbance. lighted candle and
began to read a book. The next morning the
Minister sent a waiter to make his to his
neighbor, who is the beast?" asked the
official. 1.-THE beast is the Minister. Signor
Depretis,' replied the waiter. The poor ex-
Official almost had an apopectic fit. He. in
turn sent innumerable excuses to Signor Dep
rets, who, receiving him afterward, told him
that he should be employed as he desired,
more especially" he continued, because last
night you caused to read something had
never had opportunity of reading before"
What was that, may askV 1.-The Dame aux
Camelias'," replied the Minister.